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Large Autograph Group Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet

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Large Autograph Group Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet
<B>Lincoln Cabinet and Others.</B></I> Interesting collection of letters, signatures, and checks. Comprises: <B>(1) Hannibal Hamlin.</B></I> ALS: "<I>H. Hamlin</B></I>", 1.5 pages, 4.75" x 8", front and verso. Boston, February 6, 1866. To Gov. George S. Boutwell re: the American Cotton Planting and Loan Co. <B>(2) Montgomery Blair.</B></I> Rare ALS: "<I>M. Blair</B></I>", one page, 5" x 8". No place, no date, but as Lincoln's Postmaster General, writing that the President wishes furniture seized from a man to be released to his daughter, Miss Waring. <B>(3) Montgomery Blair.</B></I> Signature: "<I>M. Blair</B></I>" as Postmaster General, 3.5" x 1.5", mounted on sheet. <B>(4) Edward Bates.</B></I> Signature: "<I>Edwd Bates</B></I>", 2.5" x 1", light stains, mounted on sheet. <B>(5) Edwin M. Stanton.</B></I> Manuscript LS: "<I>Edwin M Stanton</B></I>" as Secretary of War, one page, 7.75" x 9.75". To Richard Lathers who has invited the Stantons to visit him in New York. Wrinkled and stained but with dark signature. <B>(6) William H. Seward.</B></I> Front panel of tan letter franked in upper right: "<I>William H Seward</B></I>", 5.5" x 3.5". Addressed by him to Jas Pollock, Esq., Cincinnati, Ohio. No postal markings. Stained. <B>(7) William H. Seward.</B></I> ALS: "<I>William H. Seward</B></I>", one page, 7.5" x 5.75", Auburn, December 28, 1847. <B>To Horace Greeley,</B></I> thanking him for an article he sent. Mounted on sheet. <B>(8) Gideon Welles and Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding.</B></I> Manuscript LS: "<I>Gideon Welles</B></I>" as Secretary of the Navy, one page, 7.5" x 10". Navy Department, May 16, 1863. To Major Henry O. Brigham, giving him permission to take passage in a U.S. supply steamer from New York to New Orleans. Also signed: "<I>H. Paulding</B></I>" and "<I>Wm B Eaton/Cmd</B></I>". Closely cut at right edge not affecting signatures. <B>(9) Gideon Welles.</B></I> Signature: "<I>Gideon Welles</B></I>" as Secretary of the Navy, 3.5" x 1.25". Minor smudge. <B>(10) Simon Cameron.</B></I> ALS: "<I>Simon Cameron/Secy of War</B></I>", one page, 5.25" x 7.75". War Dept., June 20, 1861. Asking Col. Ramsey to "<I>give P. Jordan for use of this Dept a pair of small pistols.</B></I>" Light stains from folding. Tipped to a larger sheet. <B>(11) Simon Cameron.</B></I> ALS: "<I>Simon Cameron</B></I>", two pages, 4.75" x 7.5", front and verso. Middletown, May 1, 1847. <B>To Secretary of State James Buchanan,</B></I> asking him to introduce the bearer, Dr Chas Bouer, to the President (Polk); Bouer hopes to obtain "<I>some rank in the Medical Dept of the Army</B></I>". <B>(12) Simon Cameron.</B></I> ANS: <I>Simon Cameron</B></I>", one page, 4.75" x 7". No place, April 22, 1846. Requesting a letter advertised for Charles B. Penrose. <B>(13) Simon Cameron.</B></I> ALS: "<I>Simon Cameron</B></I>", one page, 4.75" x 4". Washington, January 14, 1858, re: volumes of the Pacific Rail Road for New York. With photostat of an order from Cameron relating to movement of troops through Baltimore. <B>(14) Simon Cameron.</B></I> ALS: "<I>Simon Cameron</B></I>", two pages, 8" x 10", front and verso. Tipped to another page. Washington, March 1, 1897. <B>To the President (Grover Cleveland),</B></I> asking him to commission four named officers in Capt. John Butler's company of Dragoons. <B>(15) Hugh McCulloch.</B></I> Signature: "<I>Hugh McCulloch/April 8th 1885</B></I>", 5"x2". <B>(16) John Hay.</B></I> Autograph Poem Signed: "<I>John Hay</B></I>", 3.25 pages, 5" x 8", front and verso. Haverhill, Mass., no date. An original poem by Hay, seven stanzas of eight lines each, titled: "Little Breeches." "Little Breeches" was published in John Hay's <I>Pike County Ballads</B></I>." (1871). With articles about Hay. <B>(17) Charles Sumner.</B></I> Partly Printed Check filled out and signed: "<I>Charles Sumner</B></I>", 8.25" x 2.75". First National Bank of Washington, D.C., April 3, 1871. Payable to Messrs Beckwith & Hunter for $140.38. Reinforced on verso. <B>(18) Francis E. Spinner.</B></I> ALS: "<I>F. E. Spinner</B></I>" as Treasurer of the United States, one page, 5" x 8". Washington, December 11, 1871. Complying with a request. <B>(19) Samuel F. Vinton.</B></I> Autograph Check Signed: "<I>Saml. F. Vinton</B></I>", one page, 6.75" x 4". Washington, May 7, 1824. Order to pay David Trimble $355. Endorsed on verso by Trimble. Worn, stained. In 1862, Vinton was appointed by President Lincoln to appraise the slaves emancipated in the District of Columbia. <B>(20) Richard M. Blatchford.</B></I> ALS: "<I>R. M. Blatchford</B></I>", one page, 5" x 7.75". New York, April 8, 1848. To an unnamed recipient asking him for financial information for Macalister. Marked "<I>(Confidential)</B></I>" and "<I>please burn this</B></I>". Blatchford, a lawyer and banker, was a friend of Seward's. Stained mid-vertical fold. <B>(21) Charles A. Dana.</B></I> ALS: "<I>C. A. Dana</B></I>", three pages, 5" x 8", front and verso. As editor of <I>The Sun,</B></I> New York, February 28, 1882. To Mr. Bonner, mentioning "<I>Mr. Blaine's speech</B></I>" and the monument "<I>over Mr. Bryant's grave at Roslyn</B></I>". <B>(22) Charles A. Dana.</B></I> Autograph Quotation Signed: "<I>C. A. Dana</B></I>", one page, 4.5" x 7". Boston, April 28, 1893. In full: "<I>The difference between One and Nothing is infinite</B></I>". <B>(23) Charles A. Dana.</B></I> ALS: "<I>C. A. Dana</B></I>", four pages, 5" x 8", front and verso. War Department, Washington City, December 12, 1864. Letter to a friend. Mounting strip on left edge of first page. Penciled notes on most of the items in this collection. 28 items. <I>From the Henry E. Luhrs Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Small Flat (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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